Earthquake Sound Effect

📝 Description

This Earthquake sound effect is a deep ground rumble with soil and stone cracking as everything nearby shakes loose. The low frequency content is where the danger lives, and played through anything with real bass it produces a physical unease that no midrange sound can replicate. Editors use it for disaster sequences, building collapses and monster arrivals, where the ground shaking arrives before the threat itself appears. Game designers trigger it for boss entrances and environmental destruction. It also works as an abstract impact under titles and logo stings when a project needs to open with something genuinely heavy.

📊 Sound Details

Duration

0:12

Format

MP3

File Size

187 KB

Added

August 10, 2026

⚖️ License & Source

This sound is released under the CC0 license (public domain) — free to use in personal and commercial projects, no attribution required.

Original recording by uagadugu via Freesound. View original source →